Activity Trackers for Monitoring During Rehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Activity Trackers for Monitoring During Rehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty

This study aims to estimated the change of the steps of daily life of osteoarthritis patients before and in 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year after the total knee arthroplasty (TKA) through a kind of activity tracker: Fitbit ONE.

A total of 100 participants who will receive total knee arthroplasty will be recruited in this study. Fitbit ONE, the activity tracker, will be used for all of them to monitor the daily steps during the rehabilitation, to be exact, before and at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year after TKA. Moreover, pain score, self reported questionnaire will also be estimated at those time points.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ready to receive single-side TKA

Exclusion Criteria:

• contraindication of surgery
• self-reported diseases that cause lower limb disability (for example, cerebrovascular disease especially stroke)